Bar for making shovel-blanks



(No Model.) I

H. M. MYERS.

. BAR FOR MAKING SHOVEL BLANKS.

' No. 340.607. Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR.

E I mm W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. MYERS, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAR FOR MAKING SHOVEL-BLANKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,607, dated April 2'7, 1886.

Application filed March 27, 1685.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. MYERs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaver Falls, i n the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a New Article of Manufacture for Making Blanks for Shovels, Spades, and Scoops; and I do hereby declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a new article of manufacture, which consists of a rolled bar of iron or steel having a vertical longitudinal projection on one side of it, the width of said bar being about equal to the width of the shovel, spade, or scoop made from a blank severed from said bar.

To enable others skilled in the art with which my invention is most nearly connected to make my new article of manufacture, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and the operation of severing blanks therefrom for making shovels, spades, and scoops.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bar of iron or steel rolled into the proper form forsevering blanks there from for making shovels, spades, or scoops. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view or plan of the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a blank when severed from said bar.

A billet of iron or steel is heated in an ordinary heating-furnace (the construction and manipulation of which is well understood) to the proper degree for forging it. The heated billet is then rolled into the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by means of rolls having suitable grooves in the lower roll of the pair.

The construction of the rolls for rolling the said bar willbe readily understood by the skill Renewed October 26, 1885.

Serial No. 180,961. (No model.)

ful roll turner, and therefore need not be described. Neither is it necessary to describe the operation of rolling said bar, as that will be fully understood by the skillful roller.

The width of the bar herein described between the vertical lines A A (shown in Fig. 2) should be in all cases within a fractional part of an inch about equal to the width of the finished shovel, spade, or scoop made from a blank severed from said bar.

The bar constructed as hereinbefore described as an article of manufacture, to be ob tained from the manufacturer of iron and steel by the shovel-maker, will enable the latter to dispense with the machinery and power necessary to produce said bar, and also with much of the skilled labor required for the making of blanks for shovels, spades, and scoops.

The shovel-makerhavingobtained from the iron or steel manufacturer the bar shown in Figs. 1 and 2, he heats it in a suitable heatingfurnace and then saws or cuts it transversely into sections, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3,whereby blanks are obtained of the form shown in Fig. 4, which may be manufactured into shovels, spades, or scoops by any of the several methods known to the art.

The process for making blanks herein described is claimed in another application herewith filed, Serial No. 160,242.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A rolled bar of the form shown and described for making blanks for shovels, spades, or scoops, the width of said bar being about equal to that of a finished shovel, spade, or scoop made from a blank severed therefrom, substantially as described.

HENRY M. MYERS.

Vitn esses:

WM. W. S. DYRE, JAMES J. JOHNSTON. 

